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Friday, November 3, 2023<\/p>

Past, Present, and Future: Ugandan Asian Refugees in Canada<\/h3>

On November 25, from 2 to 5 p.m. please join us at the Ismaili Centre Toronto for a major event exploring the Ugandan Asian refugee resettlement in Canada. The event aims to engage the audience on reflections on the resettlement initiative and embark on a discussion on the future of immigration in the twenty-first... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, August 23, 2023<\/p>

Beyond Resettlement Conference recordings now available<\/h3>

Following the November 2022 Beyond Resettlement: Exploring the History of the Ugandan Asian Community in Exile, we now have the session recordings available. Whether you would like to watch the sessions again, or watch them new for the first time, they are now available through the MacOdrum Library's YouTube page. Please see the videos... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Tuesday, June 13, 2023<\/p>

Upcoming Event: 1972 Exodus-Uganda Musicians Reunion<\/h3>

In July there will be a series of reunion events held for Ugandan Musicians. For more information, please visit their events page here: https:\/\/www.ugandamusicians.com\/shows A little background on the events have been provided as follows: In 1972, a Dictator named Idi Amin expelled all Asians\/ Indians; we were given 90 days to leave the... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Tuesday, November 1, 2022<\/p>

Carleton Presents: No New Land? With Tina Athaide, Tasneem Jamal, and Hafsa Zayyan<\/h3>

No New Land?\u00a0 With Tina Athaide, Tasneem Jamal, and Hafsa Zayyan Hosted by Zulfikar Hirji Monday, November 14, 2022 7:00pm - 9:00pm Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre Hosted by Zulfikar Hirji (York University, Toronto) This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the expulsion of more than fifty thousand Ugandan Asians expelled from Uganda in 1972... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Thursday, August 4, 2022<\/p>

Blog Post: International Response to the Expulsion<\/h3>

International Response to the Expulsion by Olivia Musselwhite On August 4th, 1972, General Idi Amin announced the expulsion of the South Asian community in Uganda. Reactions immediately spread across newspapers, asking the question of where the community would go. The answer to where the Ugandan Asian refugees would resettle started with their... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, July 27, 2022<\/p>

Blog Post: The Expulsion of the South Asian Community in Uganda<\/h3>

The Expulsion of the South Asian Community in Uganda by Olivia Musselwhite On October 9, 1962, Uganda celebrated its independence. Political independence was achieved through the liberation of Africa from the British, but economic independence was believed to be withheld by the Asian community who controlled a significant percentage (Cosemans,... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Friday, July 15, 2022<\/p>

Blog Post: Before the Expulsion<\/h3>

Before the Expulsion: The History of the South Asian Community in Uganda by Olivia Musselwhite In August of 1972, General Idi Amin announced the expulsion of Uganda\u2019s South Asian population. In accounts told by members of the Ugandan Asian community in Canada, the expulsion announcement was sudden and unexpected. By the time that the... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Thursday, November 25, 2021<\/p>

#GivingTuesday – November 30, 2021<\/h3>

Tuesday, November 30th is Giving Tuesday, a day to consider charitable giving. For Giving Tuesday, consider contributing to the Ugandan Asian Archive fund to help support the Beyond Resettlement conference and the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan Asian expulsion. Gifts made on Giving Tuesday will be matched dollar-for-dollar on... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Friday, October 1, 2021<\/p>

Call for Papers – Deadline Extended<\/h3>

The deadline has been extended to submit a paper to the conference Beyond\u00a0Resettlement: Exploring the History of the Ugandan Asian Community in Exile. The conference will explore the historical context of the expulsion, Canada\u2019s response and reception of a large number of these refugees, the larger diaspora of Ugandan Asian refugees, and the... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, September 1, 2021<\/p>

Call for Papers: Beyond Resettlement Conference<\/h3>

In commemoration of the 50th\u00a0anniversary of the expulsion of Asians from Uganda the conference\u00a0Beyond Resettlement: Exploring the History of the Ugandan Asian Community in Exile\u00a0will explore the historical context of the expulsion, Canada\u2019s response and reception of\u00a0a large number of these\u00a0refugees,\u00a0the larger diaspora of Ugandan Asian... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Monday, February 1, 2021<\/p>

Virtual Interviews: Ugandan Asian Oral History Project<\/h3>

In 1972, President and Military General of Uganda,\u00a0Idi Amin, ordered for the expulsion of all Ugandans of South Asian descent. \u00a0They were given just 90 days to leave the country.\u00a0The Uganda Collection held by Archives & Special Collections at Carleton University is a unique archive that provides insight into the expulsion and subsequent... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Wednesday, July 10, 2019<\/p>

New Page: The Fakirani Family – The Story of Struggle, Hardships, and a New Life<\/h3>

See our new feature page on the Fakirani Family and read about Hassanali and Sakinabai Fakirani's journey from Uganda to... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Monday, July 8, 2019<\/p>

“Thousands of recently discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin\u2019s reign”<\/h3>

Check out this article on the Smithsonian.com on the new exhibition The Unseen Archive of Idi Amin: Photographs From the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation which is on view at the Uganda Museum in Kampala. Read the full article here.\u00a0     Thumbnail photo: Uganda Broadcasting... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Thursday, June 6, 2019<\/p>

Tina Athaide: Orange for the Sunsets<\/h3>

Author Tina Athaide has recently published a new book called\u00a0Orange for the Sunsets\u00a0which is inspired by the Ugandan Asian crisis. From Quill and Quire: "Athaide does a wonderful job bringing the mounting tension, stark racial divide, political scare tactics, and brutal history of Amin\u2019s dictatorship to light; similarities to the world today... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Monday, May 8, 2017<\/p>

Calgary: Ugandan Asian Archives Road Show, May 2017<\/h3>

The Carleton University Library hosted its fourth Ugandan Asian Archives road show in Calgary on Saturday, May 6th at the BMO Centre, Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Grounds. The event featured an archival exhibit and a panel discussion between Mike Molloy, former Canadian ambassador to Jordan and second in command in Kampala during the Ugandan... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Tuesday, February 21, 2017<\/p>

Carleton University Honoured for Ugandan Asian Archive Portrait Series<\/h3>

By Elizabeth Murphy, Carleton Newsroom Tragically, it is not an unfamiliar story \u2013 refugees forced to flee a dire situation in their homeland for safety in Canada. Beginning in 1972, the president and military general of Uganda, Idi Amin, ordered the expulsion of all Ugandans of South Asian descent. Canada responded to the international... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Friday, September 30, 2016<\/p>

Carleton University Library celebrates the unveiling of the Jean and George Randall Family Study Room<\/h3>

On September 29, 2016, the Randall, Carrasco, and Noronha families and Carleton staff gathered at the Carleton University Library for a special room naming ceremony for the Jean and George Randall Family Study Room. In April 2016, Milton and Val Carrasco donated the Longue Pointe log book to the Uganda Collection, along with financial... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Friday, September 23, 2016<\/p>

Carleton University Honoured for Ugandan Asian Archives<\/h3>

On Sept. 22, 2016 Carleton University President Roseann O\u2019Reilly Runte accepted a\u00a0Canadian Premier International Education Award\u00a0(CPIEA) in the School category\u00a0which recognizes\u00a0Carleton\u2019s dedication to international education, global affairs, and its concerted efforts to highlight and publicize the plight of Ugandans through the... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Friday, February 12, 2016<\/p>

Toronto: The Ugandan Asian Archives Roadshow, January 2016<\/h3>

by Shezan Muhammedi On January 23rd 2016, over 200 people attended the \u201cUgandan Asian Archives Road Show\u201d hosted by Carleton University at the S. Walter Stewart Library in Toronto. Members of the Ugandan Asian refugee community that came to Canada in the 1970s, after being expelled from their homeland by the military tyrant Idi... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>

Monday, June 30, 2014<\/p>

Carleton thanks the Fakirani Family for its donation to the archives<\/h3>

"In 1972, Hassanali and Sakinabai Fakirani along with 60,000 other Ugandan Asians were forced from their homes by Uganda\u2019s dictator Idi Amin. Hassanali, Sakinabai and 6,000 others entered Canada as refugees. Almost 42 years later, on June 20, the Fakirani family gathered at Carleton University with friends and other members of the Ugandan Asian... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div>

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